Fence-post



(No Model.)

W. S. CRAWFORD'.

FENCE POST.

Pate'ntedApr. 16, 1895.

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FENCE-POST.,

SPECIFICATION forming partei' Letters Patent No. 537,754, dated April16, 1895.

Application led January 8, 1894. Serial No. 496,058- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Ee it known thatI, WILLIAM S. CRAWFORD, a c1tizen of the United States,residing at lndian Run, in the county of Mercer and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fence-Post, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fences.

`The object of the present invention is to improve the construction offences, and to provlde a simple and inexpensive post, which will bestrong and durable,and which will be out of contact with the ground, andwill prevent the bottom rails from coming in contact with the same. l

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of 'parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence postconstructed in accordance With this invention. Fig. 2 isa verticalsectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre sponding parts in both figuresof the drawings.

l designates a fence post constructed of suitable material, preferablywood, and provided with a depending pin 2 or similar fastening device,extending downward from the center of the lower end of the post, andsecured in an opening or socket of an anchor or base 3, and supportingthe post` above the latter, to hold the post out of contact with theground, to prevent decay. The post is supported at one side by aninclined brace 4, and is provided with a vertically disposed railsupporting and retaining wire 5, arranged parallel with the post andextending across the top of the same and secured thereto. The top of thesupporting wire is bent successively at right angles to form arectangular portion, which, after extending across the top ofthe post,depends at the opposite side thereof, and extends horizontally through atransverse perforation of the post. The lower end 6 of the railsupporting and retaining wire is bent inward at right angles; forming ahorizontal supporting arm terminating in an eye. It

rests upon the upper face of the base or anchor to elevate the bottomrail 7, and hold the same out of contact with the ground; and it t isbent around the pin 2 to form the said eye and thereby secured to thedepending pin 2 and interposed between the anchor or base and the lowerend of the post.

The inclined brace 4 may be constructed of stout Wire or other suitablemetal, and it has its ends secured respectively to the post and theanchor or base.

The fence rails are preferably rectangular in cross-section or squared;and the bottom rail 7 is arranged in the angular bend of the railsupporting and retaining wire; and the adjacent rail 8 is beveled at oneside at 9 to form a tapering or triangular end, which fits snuglybetween the upper portion of thev brace et and the post. The rails lOhave their ends resting upon one another as shown, and the railsupporting and retaining wire 5 is braced at intervals, and retained inproper position parallel with the post by wire ties 1l encircling thepost and the wire 5,

The base or anchor 3, which is embedded in the ground, and which may beof any suitable material, preferably stone, or a similar practicallyindestructible material, forms a secure support and anchor for the fencepost and insures a strong and durable fencen It will be seen that thefence post is simple, inexpensive, strong and durable, that it isprevented from rotting through contact With the ground, that it enablesa fence to be quickly built, and that it contributes great durability tothe same.

Changes in the form, proportion and the y minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from thel principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

In a'fence, the combination of a horizontally-disposed rectangularanchor having a flat upper face designed to be arranged on a level Withthe surface, a fence post elevated slightly above the anchor andprovided with a vertically disposed supporting pin, having its lower endseated in a socket of the anchor and its upper end secured in a socketof the post, the heavy vertically-disposed supporting wire arrangedparallel with the post, and provided at itsupper end with a rectangularIOC loop, extending over the top of the post and passing through ahorizontal perforation thereof, said vertical Wire being provided at itslower end with a horizontal arm arranged 5 in the space between thelower end of the post and the anchor, and terminating in an eyereceiving the vertical pin, the vertical series of rails arranged oneabove another and having contacting ends supported by the horizontal mlarm of the vertical Wire and held above the ground, and the inclinedwire ties encircling the post, the ends of the rails and the Verticalwire, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in 15 the presence of two witnesses.

WILLlAM S. CRAWFORD.

Witnesses:

JOHN I-I. SIGGERS, H. F. RILEY.

